What is the Difference Between Ultherapy and Thermage?

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Thermage vs. Ultherapy

Both devices can cause collagen formation in the dermis to help tighten the facial features. Thermage has applicators that are very small for use on eyelid skin and large ones for body sites such as arms, legs and abdomens. Its medium applicator is used for the face. Ultherapy has smaller and medium applicators but off facial sites are off-label and studies are ongoing. Thermage uses radiofrequency energy and Ultherapy uses focused deep ultrasound energy. Both hurt but the... more

Ultherapy versus Thermage

Thank you for your question. Ultherapy and Thermage both work to stimulate collagen to create lifting and tightening of the skin. Ultherapy uses ultrasound technology, whereas Thermage uses radiofrequency.

They are both used for non surgical skin tightening but use different forms of energy

Ulthera uses focused ultrasound to treat deep skin and the superficial facia of the muscles of the face. Thermage uses radiofrequency to heat up the deep skin. Thermage has been around since 2002 and ulthera since 2009. I have involved in clinical trials for both procedures from early on. In my experience, it appears that ulthera gives more reproducible results than thermage. see video

What is the Difference Between Ultherapy and Thermage?

Both treatments are designed to do the same thing, which is to non-invasively heat the skin to stimulate new collagen production. Ultherapy use ultrasound to deliver the energy, Thermage uses radiofrequency. It is not important to understand the physics of how these two devices differ. What is important is how effective the devices are in stimulating new collagen and giving an acceptable result. On RealSelf, Ultherapy has a worth it rating of 81%, Thermage 39%.... more